Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by ''GovTrack'', Turner is a "[[GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking|moderate Republican leader]]," as of June 21, 2013.<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/michael_turner/400411 ''Gov Track'' "Mike Turner," Accessed June 20, 2013]</ref>

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===Lifetime voting record===

===Lifetime voting record===

::''See also: [[Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

::''See also: [[Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

Issues

Presidential preference

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Turner voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[4]

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Michael Turner, click [show] to expand the section.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Michael Turner won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Roberts (D) in the general election.[7]

U.S. House, Ohio District 10 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael R. Turnerincumbent

68.1%

152,629

Democratic

Joe Roberts

31.9%

71,455

Total Votes

224,084

2008

On November 4, 2008, Michael Turner won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jane Mitakides (D) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Ohio District 3 General Election, 2008

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Turnerincumbent

63.3%

200,204

Democratic

Jane Mitakides

36.7%

115,976

Total Votes

316,180

2006

On November 7, 2006, Michael Turner won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard Chema (D) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Ohio District 3 General Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Turnerincumbent

58.5%

127,978

Democratic

Richard Chema

41.5%

90,650

Total Votes

218,628

2004

On November 2, 2004, Michael Turner won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jane Mitakides (D) in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Ohio District 3 General Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Turnerincumbent

62.3%

197,290

Democratic

Jane Mitakides

37.7%

119,448

Total Votes

316,738

2002

On November 5, 2002, Michael Turner won election to the United States House. He defeated Rick Carne (D) and Ronald Williamitis (I) in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Ohio District 3 General Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Turner

58.8%

111,630

Democratic

Rick Carne

41.2%

78,307

Independent

Ronald Williamitis

0%

14

Total Votes

189,951

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Turner is available dating back to 2002. Based on available campaign finance records, Turner raised a total of $6,389,518 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.[12]

Michael Turner (Ohio)'s Campaign Contribution History

Year

Office

Result

Contributions

2012

U.S. House of Representatives (Ohio 10)

$1,232,450

2010

U.S. House of Representatives (Ohio 3)

$764,224

2008

U.S. House of Representatives (Ohio 3)

$1,211,637

2006

U.S. House of Representatives (Ohio 3)

$1,043,686

2004

U.S. House of Representatives (Ohio 3)

$1,089,580

2002

U.S. House of Representatives (Ohio 3)

$1,047,941

Grand Total Raised

$6,389,518

Breakdown by Year

2012

Breakdown of the source of Turner's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Turner won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Turner's campaign committee raised a total of $1,232,450 and spent $1,099,375.[13]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Turner missed 127 of 7,680 roll call votes from Jan 2003 to Apr 2013, which is 1.7% of votes during that period. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.[16]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Turner paid his congressional staff a total of $912,381 in 2011. Overall, Ohio ranked 30th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[17]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Turner's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $155,069 to $1,194,000. That averages to $674,534, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth decreased by 13.58% from 2010.[18]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Turner's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $219,071 to $1,342,000. This averages out to $780,535.50 which was lower than the average net worth of Republicans in 2010 of $7,561,133.[19]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Turner tied with two other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, ranking 163rd in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[20]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Turner was tied with one other member of the U.S. House of Representatives ranking 203rd in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[21]

Percentage voting with party

2013

Michael R. Turner voted with the Republican Party 92.4% of the time, which ranked 201 among the 234 House Republican members as of June 2013.[22]

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